ST. LOUIS — The trouble the Cardinals invited by waiting to generate any sustained offense Wednesday night and helping their opponents along with some misplays was giving the team with the worst record in the majors a chance to build a lead.
They still had enough to overcome it.
Absent for eight innings and momentarily ugly in the eighth inning, the Cardinals stirred in the ninth for five runs to steal a 6-5 walk-off win against the last-place Washington Nationals. Tommy Edman drilled a double that carried over the reach of the Nats’ left fielder and allowed two runs to score and flip a game that seemed destined to be a dud. The Cardinals scored three runs in the ninth inning against Nats right-hander Kyle Finnegan with two outs.
